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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 July 2014

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Questions (208)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

208. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses and training programmes provided for employees of his Department, and accompanying cost, for the 2013-2014 academic year, from 1 September 2013 to the end of June 2014. [30099/14]

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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to my Department is provided in the table below.

Third Level Courses

Undergraduate

Name of Course

Cost

Certificate in Civil Service & State Agency Studies

€5,130

Diploma in Civil Service & State Agency Studies

€2,822

Diploma in Internal Auditing

€6,319

Diploma in Public Management

€2,820

BA Business Information Systems

€2,900

BA Business Management (Law)

€2,900

BA Human Resource Management

€2,820

BA Law

€3,950

BA Law & the Admin of Justice

€2,820

BA Management

€2,960

BA Public Management

€8,460

Bachelor of Business

€1,500

Bachelor of Business Studies - Accounting

€2,980

Bachelor of Business Studies (Hons) - HR Management

€2,980

BSc/Diploma Information Systems

€5,856

LLB Bachelor of Laws

€13,005

LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws

€4,900

Subtotal Undergraduate Level

€75,122

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Postgraduate

Advanced Diploma in Corporate, White Collar Crime

€5,200

Advanced Diploma in Legislative Drafting

€4,500

Diploma (Professional)in Official Statistics for Policy Evaluation

€725

Higher Diploma in Computing

€5,400

Post Grad. Dip. In Operational Research

€4,654

Professional Dip. in Employment Law

€9,200

MA HR Management

€5,000

MA Public Management

€10,000

MA Leadership & Strategy

€5,000

MA Public Administration

€5,000

MA Public Management

€5,000

MSc Economic Policy Studies

€9,577

Subtotal Postgraduate Level

€69,256

Total Cost Third Level Courses

€144,378

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Other Training Programmes and Courses *

Advanced Excel

€375

Annual review of Employment law

€395

Budget Officer Training

€750

Communication and Assertiveness

€1,250

Compliance Management e - Learning Support 2013/2014

€1,360

Conducting Investigations

€668

Data Protection

€240

Deaf Awareness Training

€550

Effective Meetings and Facilitation Skills

€750

Effective Use of eTenders

€460

Employment Law Update

€1,755

Employment Litigation

€850

Europe on the Internet

€1,710

Evacuation Chair Training

€324

Financial Procedures in the Civil Service

€3,000

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Training

€395

How to Reduce Costs of Workplace Absence and Leave

€550

Intermediate Excel

€375

Interview Skills (Interview Preparation Course)

€600

Introduction to Excel

€563

Introduction to Project Management

€2,350

Leadership in the Public Sector

€2,730

Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Compliance e - Learning Support 2013/2014

€1,360

Linux Systems Admin course (IT)

€1,625

Lotus Notes Calendaring & Scheduling Training

€625

Management Development training

€4,180

Managing People

€13,650

Managing State Agency Performance

€2,000

Manual Handling Training Course

€750

Mediation Skills

€7,000

Microsoft Project

€1,765

Minute Taking Seminar

€295

Negotiating Skills

€1,250

Occupational First Aid Training

€4,740

Office Safety Training

€1,222

Oral Hearings

€235

Plain English Training

€1,200

PMDS Callibration Training

€514

Presentation Skills

€1,590

Procurement: Understanding Public Sector Rules

€2,034

Procurement: What to expect from the new Directives

€1,299

PR Training at Media Crossroads

€335

Project Management / PMP Exam Preparation Training

€2,190

Professional Services Witholding Tax Training

€335

Risk Management

€3,455

Safe Passs

€90

Shares and Share Capital

€900

Strategic Development and Integration Programme

€203,600

Train the Trainer

€3,196

Understanding Published Accounts (Follow Up)

€700

Using Social Media in the Legal Sector

€240

Vat for State & Semi State

€935

Website Training

€300

Writing Skills

€900

Total Other Training Programmes and Courses

€286,509

Training Programmes and Courses at nil cost **

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Data Protection and Social Media Policies

€0

Employment Permits Inhouse Training

€0

eTenders Website Training

€0

Filing of the New Accounts CRO

€0

Fire Marshall

€0

First Aid

€0

Floor Marshal Training

€0

Introduction to Clearwell eDiscovery Platform ( IT Training support)

€0

On-line complaint form briefing

€0

Powers and Functions of the ODCE

€0

Pre - Retirement Course

€0

Protecting and Managing Your Intellectual Property

€0

Refresher Constituency Database Training

€0

Safeguarding Corporate Reputation

€0

Staff Awareness Programme (Forfás)

€0

Tools of Attack & Defence in Commercial Litigation

€0

Grand Total Third Level and Other Training Programmes and Courses

€430,888

* This data represents training courses and programmes provided centrally by my Department in the period 1 Sep. 2013 to 30 Jun. 2014 and provided by Offices of my Department in the period 1 Sep. 2013 to 31 Mar. 2014 – data for training provided by the Offices in Q. 2 2014 is not yet available.

** Training shown at nil cost includes the following: training provided in-house by Departmental staff; training provided by other Government Departments; places offered by training providers free of charge.

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